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Swan-Canning River Basin online schools project

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

An ambitious research program will be launched tomorrow focused on engaging community action by delivering up-to-date information on the health of the Swan-Canning River Basin to every West Australian with the click of a button.

Perth to get electric vehicle charging stations in 2010

Monday, 2 November 2009

A consortium led by The University of Western Australia and Murdoch University will install Perth's first Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations in early 2010 as part of a research project which has been awarded $229,000 funding under the Australian Research Council's Linkage grant scheme.

Carol Kaplanian

No honour in this crime

Monday, 2 November 2009

Jordanian Carol Kaplanian moves between two very different worlds: Western Australia and the UWA campus - where she is in her second year of PhD studies - and Jordan where members of her immediate and extended family live.

A noble series of lectures

Monday, 2 November 2009

A public lecture series to allow the community to engage with Nobel Laureates from around the world has been named in honour of our Nobel Prize winners.

Allergy research could lead to lunchbox freedom

Monday, 2 November 2009

Children’s allergies to peanuts have become so common that many primary schools ban peanut butter sandwiches from their students’ lunchboxes.

UWA expert warns urgent action needed to reduce ear infections among Indigenous children

Monday, 2 November 2009

The high number of Indigenous children suffering middle ear infections will continue to rise unless urgent action is taken to tackle overcrowding, provide appropriate housing and water supply, adequate access to medical care and education on the issue for parents, according to eminent West Australian paediatric ear, nose and throat specialist Professor Harvey Coates.

Sue Byrne

Medical research at UWA gets $28 million boost

Friday, 30 October 2009

Research at The University of Western Australia into the role of family history in preventing certain cancers, heart disease and diabetes is among dozens of UWA projects awarded National Health and Medical Research Council funding.

Thinking Australia: A Cognitive Acceleration Program to Raise High School Students’ Achievement in Science

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

University of Western Australia's Winthrop Professor, Grady Venville has won an Australian Research Council grant of $334,000 over three years to investigate how to improve high schools students' achievement in science classes.

Richard Hobbs

UWA researchers win national funding

Monday, 26 October 2009

World-class research at The University of Western Australia was significantly boosted today with the Federal Government announcing more than $19.5 million for research projects at the University.

Human Genetics Society of Australasia Vacation Research Scholarship

Monday, 26 October 2009

The Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) WA Branch invites applications for vacation scholarships for research projects in the area of human genetics for a period of between six and eight weeks during the 2009/10 summer vacation.